Gina Dao-McLayGina Dao-McLay

Gina Dao-McLay is co-director of Make it 16, a campaign to lower New Zealand's voting age.

It shouldn’t take a pandemic to give young people like me the chance to vote

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The election delay means 17-year-old Gina Dao-McLay will have the right to vote this year. She’s excited – but says thousands more people like her deserve the same chance to have their voices heard. I turn 18 on September 27 – a grand total of eight days after the original election date of September 19. … Read more

I’m 17 and I’m ready to vote. Here’s why I should count in this year’s election

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Gina Dao-McLay from the Make it 16 campaign on how lowering the voting age could make all the difference. My 18th birthday is eight days after September’s general election. I want to vote. I’m ready to vote. But the law currently stops me from doing so.   As co-director of Make it 16, a campaign launched … Read more